This graphic is my repeat presentation to this thread. It first appeared here 5 years ago as the graphic on Volume 56 of “Patient Modesty”. (Photograph from U.C.L.A. library website obtained through Google Images. )

Now that we are focusing on patient dignity, it would be of interest to compare dignity vs modesty as applied to a patient fully asleep under anesthesia within the operating room. Might I suggest that modesty is no longer a matter of ethical concern when the patients body is uncovered but the issue becomes the preservation of dignity. Modesty requires awareness . Anyone want to discuss this conclusion related to the unconscious but exposed patient? ..Maurice.AS OF JANUARY 6 2019 VOLUME 93 WILL BE CLOSE FOR FURTHER COMMENTS. GO TO https://bioethicsdiscussion.blogspot.com/2019/01/patient-dignity-formerly-patient.html FOR MAKING COMMENTS.

#Bioethics News: In its decision to approve two drugs for orange and grapefruit trees, the E.P.A. largely ignored objections from the C.D.C. and the F.D.A., which fear that expanding their use in cash crops could fuel antibiotic resistance in humans. https://t.co/9hAvsohLvB